20 Books of Summer Report Card

Way back in the mists of time, before the heatwave we had here in London, I signed up for #20BooksofSummer because:

[…] as my reading is going pretty well this year I decided it was time that I took part in a challenge, and thought that this one (hosted by Cathy over at 746Books) was ideal. The twist is that I’ll be reading only books on my Kindle app; this doesn’t mean that I’m giving up on #ReadingMuriel2018 – I (foolishly) believe I can do both!

I’m very late reporting back (here’s Cathy’s closing post from 4 September) but in case you need a bit of a hint – not only couldn’t I do both, I didn’t complete either 😞

I’ve repeated my original list below – the items in bold are the ones that I read, though with the move to the new blog I decided not to go back and complete any outstanding reviews. All of the books I finished are really enjoyable. So here we go:

You Were Never Really Here by Jonathan Ames (I also watched the film version which was excellent)

Things We Didn’t See Coming by Steven Amsterdam

All That Remains by Sue Black

The Boy on the Bridge by MR Carey

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Who Killed Sherlock Holmes by Paul Cornell

The Cathedral of Known Things by Edward Cox

Black Dahlia, Red Rose by Piu Eatwell

Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys

The Keeper by Alastair Gunn

Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix

Slow Horses by Mick Herron

The Summer Children by Dot Hutchinson

Head On by John Scalzi

I Still Dream by James Smythe

The Hunger by Alma Katsu

The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Gilded Cage by Vic James

Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

In summary I read 18 books over the summer; 10 from my list, 3 Muriels and 5 others. I’m pretty happy with the outcome, so will definitely take part again next year.